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The best memorizers in the world - who almost all hail from Europe - can memorize a pack of cards in less than a minute. A few have begun to approach the 30-second mark, considered the 'four-minute mile of memory.'


Joshua Foer

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JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
JOSHUA REYNOLDS Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have e...
JOSHUA BELL If all they do is pick out a couple of MPs to slice and dice ... that is not going to be what is nee...
JOSHUA DRATEL Video games spark the imagination, empower the mind, and take you to the place where you have always...
JOSHUA CLARKE I think that our task as filmmakers is to create the most insightful reality given the most pressing...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER If you acknowledge that filming is an occasion where people express things they might not otherwise ...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER At the very core of my relationship to learning is the idea that we should be as organic as possible...
JOSHUA WAITZKIN One of the main focuses of my training sessions is to help individuals find their unique voices in t...
JOSHUA WAITZKIN I think 'The Act of Killing' forced people to look at the problem, but the problem is actual...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER He stops walking and grasps both of my hands to stop me. He narrows his eyes at me. "You’ve never ...
ISABELLE JOSHUA A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.
JOSHUA REYNOLDS I content myself with the fact that the general system of our trade is a system of selfishness, is n...
JOSHUA FERRIS As far as I'm concerned, I want to do everything because life is short. So, when I did 'The ...
JOSHUA BELL I know how to deal with jet lag, and I know just how much rest I need and when I need to take naps. ...
JOSHUA BELL I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and...
JOSHUA FERRIS Music is a continual learning process. One finds new insights all the time. For me, it began at a ve...
JOSHUA BELL People want stardom or fame or whatever - instant gratification as opposed to learning one's cra...
JOSHUA SASSE One way can be learned by starting to see the magic in everything. Sometimes it seems to be hiding b...
JOSHUA KADISON Like [Egyptian President Hosni] Mubarak, Assad will be smirking at U.S. discomfiture as Washington s...
JOSHUA LANDIS I think you can appreciate different interpretations. Art is not a contest. I can even appreciate he...
JOSHUA BELL Laughing is a necessity of life.
JOSHUA CLARKE The thing I hate the most, is hate itself.
JOSHUA CLARKE There is one problem with the entire concept of time. There is so little of it.
JOSHUA CLARKE Without this, I'd be either in jail or dead. It is real motivating.
JOSHUA YOUNG I don't have a preferred religion - I'd have to do research. I was born a Christian, but as ...
ANTHONY JOSHUA But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such i...
JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN Every time I get an autograph, I feel like I'm taking home a little piece of that star. What dri...
JOSHUA MORROW ‎True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before t...
JOSHUA HARRIS It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness d...
JOSHUA FERRIS Music is such an incredible tool for kids in general. They learn discipline; they learn how to expre...
JOSHUA BELL God will make right all that is wrong, He will take away the lingering effect of sin and what's ...
JOSHUA HARRIS So much of performing is a mind game. You're memorizing thousands of notes, and if you start thi...
JOSHUA BELL During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaki...
JOSHUA HARRIS Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.
JOSHUA HARRIS Living to glorify God means doing everything...
for Him,
His way,
to point to His gre...
JOSHUA HARRIS Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.
ANTHONY JOSHUA What makes a champion great is how he dethrones the guy before him. Look at Mike Tyson against Trevo...
ANTHONY JOSHUA What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do....
JOSHUA BELL The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I ...
JOSHUA LEONARD And He was the one who invented marriage so that the blazing fire of romantic love could become some...
JOSHUA HARRIS